https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/95954/fullArrowshaft Bamboo, Armor Plaiting Flower18 1/2 × 11 × 10 inches (47 × 27.9 × 25.4 cm)Yadake bamboo and rattanBequest of Ritalou Rogow Harris, Class of 1957, and Robert O. Harris2012.015.0120Square bottomed flower basket of yatake or arrow bamboo and old bamboo arrows as vertical warp members. The bottom and sides of the basket are woven in mat plait, edged with a band of twining. The base is raised on a bamboo and rattan foot with feet formed by insertions secured with insect stitches to the corners. The upper section is in an open flared one thousand-line construction held in place with X-stitches. The basket has a double rim: the outer is loosely wrapped with bamboo and bound to the inner with bundled stitches. The bamboo culm handle is attached to the rim with binding stitches and two insect wrapped supports on one end, which mirror the split culm on the other. The base is square plated with two insertions, one of which is signed. Accompanied by a tomobako or kiri wod storage box.Decorative Arts20228345337Tanabe Chikuunsai IDuring the Meiji period (1868-1912), Japan modernized and began to adopt Western concepts of art and craft, prompting those at the forefront of basketry to assert themselves as individual, creative artists, and to establish lineages in the tradition of other Japanese art forms. Among the most revered lineages of Japanese bamboo artists, the Tanabe family gained renown with Chinese style baskets made by patriarch Chikuunsai I for flower arrangements accompanying sencha tea practice. Unlike chanoyu, the tea ceremony that involves serving matcha (powdered green tea), the sencha steeped-tea tradition revolves around the appreciation of karamono (Chinese things).2012.015.012